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3rd through 6th grade, in plain language. Pick a grade below to see standards, materials, and assessments.
This is the per-school intro paragraph that runs above the 3-6 timeline scrubber on Simpson's academics page. The timeline itself reads from the same district GOOGLE_SHEET_ACADEMICS Sheet that powers /academics — only the rows for grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 appear here.
ISR is 5 minutes — Doc edits propagate within that window.
Simpson Elementary is the middle of your child's elementary years — third through sixth grade. The work shifts from learning to read into reading to learn. Writing gets longer. Math gets meatier. Friendships get bigger and more important.
Pick a grade in the timeline below to see what your student will learn this year — written in plain language. Three pillars per grade: what students learn (the standards), materials & programs (the curriculum teachers use), and assessments (how we check progress).
Simpson's academic program builds reading comprehension and analytical writing across subjects, math fluency that holds up at the middle school level, and the early science / social studies inquiry skills students need by 7th grade.
Simpson is where independence starts. Students carry planners, manage their own Chromebooks (in 4th grade up), and follow multi-step assignments. We teach those skills explicitly — they don't just appear.
The reading habit you started at Beacon still matters. The shift now is from reading aloud to a child who is decoding to letting them read silently and then talking about what they read. Ask "what happened in the book today?" at dinner — the answer tells you a lot.
For Simpson-specific questions about a particular grade or program, contact the principal at (360) 249-4331. For district-wide curriculum questions, contact Stephanie Klinger, Director of CTE, Curriculum, and HR, at (360) 249-3942.
6 subject areas · what your student learns this year
Read grade-level texts fluently and accurately ("reading to learn" begins); decode multi-syllable words; cite evidence from a text; write an opinion piece, an informational piece, and a narrative each with multiple paragraphs; revise own writing for clarity. WA state RCW 28A.300.605 sets a third-grade reading checkpoint -- students reading well below grade level are eligible for additional supports.
Coming soon...
Smarter Balanced (SBA) ELA + Math (state, spring); universal screener; classroom running records
Multiply and divide within 100 (memorize products of single-digit numbers); understand fractions on a number line; solve two-step word problems involving the four operations; find area and perimeter of rectangles; tell time to the minute and solve elapsed-time problems.
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Smarter Balanced (SBA) ELA + Math (state, spring); universal screener; classroom running records
Forces and motion (balanced and unbalanced); life cycles and inherited traits; weather and climate; environmental survival of plants and animals.
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Smarter Balanced (SBA) ELA + Math (state, spring); universal screener; classroom running records
Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest; Washington geography and natural regions; the function of local government and how citizens participate.
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Smarter Balanced (SBA) ELA + Math (state, spring); universal screener; classroom running records
Read basic music notation; create longer art projects with intent and revision; participate in classroom theatre or dance.
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Smarter Balanced (SBA) ELA + Math (state, spring); universal screener; classroom running records
Apply locomotor and manipulative skills in modified games; cooperate in team and partner activities; identify body systems and how exercise affects them; develop personal fitness goals.
Coming soon...
Smarter Balanced (SBA) ELA + Math (state, spring); universal screener; classroom running records